(A) A base charge shall be established by resolution of the City Commission and levied against each unit supplied by a connected service for each month of each applicable year.
A unit shall include but not be limited to a single-family residence; an additional, detached dwelling unit or noncommercial guest house at a single-family residence; each dwelling or rental unit in a duplex, apartment, cooperative, condominium, trailer or mobile home park or similar multi-family building, complex or housing area; each rental unit, with or without cooking facilities, in a hotel or motel; each common area, club house or pool in any multi- unit facility, including a hotel or motel; each available unit in a commercial business establishment; the entire area serviced by each irrigation meter; and each hospital, school, non-profit organization, local government, or governmental agency.
(B) The base charge shall be paid as long as the service is connected to the main by way of a meter and regardless of whether water service is turned on or turned off.
(C) In addition to the base charge and subject to the provisions of § 51.145, every user shall pay for all water used at the applicable rates established by resolution of the City Commission.
(‘72 Code, § 36-3) (Ord. 205, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-84-36, passed 9-5-84; Am. Ord. O-89- 49, passed 8-9-89; Am. Ord. O- 90-33, passed 9-5-90; Am. Ord. O-91-42, passed 7-17-91; Am. Ord. O-92-53, passed 10-21-92; Am. Ord. O-93-07, passed 3-3-93; Am. Ord. O-93-64, passed 11-17-93; Am. Ord. O-94- 31, passed 7-6-94; Am. Ord. O-98- 26, passed 9-16-98; Am. Ord. O-2001-12, passed 4-4-01; Am. Ord. O-2005-04, passed 5-4-05; Am. Ord. O-2006-33, passed 9-14- 06; Am. Ord. O-2007-16, passed 6- 20-07; Am. Ord. O-2008-14, passed 6-18-08; Am. Ord. O-2009-14, passed 6-3-09; Am. Ord. O-2009- 36, passed 11-4-09; Am. Ord. O- 2010-14, passed 6-2-10; Am. Ord. O-2013-19, passed 10-16-13; Am. Ord. O-2019-18, passed 9-18-19)